Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] to set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twice former title-holder Richard Corsie advanced to set up an all-Scottish second-round clash with Gourlay when he coasted to a straight-sets win over South Africa 's Bill Moseley . |
| 2 | In fact , he said , one of the reasons IBM France decided to set up the new division was to cater for software partners and other customers . |
| 3 | Wickes Developments wants to set up a 31,000 square foot superstore at Lustrum Avenue , Portrack , but the council turned down the plan saying it would take trade away from the town centre , and create traffic problems . |
| 4 | Now Mr Robertson plans to set up a support group for Swindon people growing up with the problems of different cultures at home and outside . |
| 5 | With the professors ' backing , disaffected St Petersburg students tried to set up a " free university " at the beginning of 1862 , but they gave up the attempt after a month when the government arrested a professor for lecturing in a supposedly provocative manner on the upcoming national millennium . |
| 6 | As a result , President FRanois Mitterrand 's support for Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's policy on German reunification at Strasbourg was dependent on the West Germans agreeing to set up the government conference by the end of next year . |
| 7 | This astonishing success , considering the size of his forces and the difficulty of much of the terrain over which he fought , only succeeded in outraging Alfonso , who seems to have believed — or been persuaded to believe — that El Cid intended to set up a rival kingdom in Valencia . |
| 8 | As Welsh coal became available he also purchased this and from his Truro base endeavoured to set up a monopoly of the local fuel business . |